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NBA Draft Results 2021: Complete List of First & Second Round Picks
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All posts by Ross BennellickUpdated15 Oct 2021
The 2021 NBA Draft unfolded live at the Barclays Center earlier tonight and it did not disappoint!
60 college standouts were selected in total; each will be gunning for a big rookie year once the new season gets underway on October 19.
The Detroit Pistons did exactly what their fanbase asked for when they opted to draft Oklahoma States’s Cade Cunningham, with the first overall pick.
It may not have been much of a surprise to see the Pistons exit the Barclays Center, NY, with the freshman All-American (and -10000 betting favorite) in the bag, but that won’t dampen the excitement in Detroit! Cunningham averaged 20.1 points, 3.5 assists, and 6.2 rebounds per game for Oklahoma, so expectations are high for the young point guard, who will now be tasked with bringing the glory days back to a Motor City that hasn’t tasted championship gold since 2004.
The Houston Rockets took shooting guard Jalen Green from G League Ignite with the No.2 overall pick, before the Cleveland Cavaliers vouched for Evan Mobley, a forward out of USC, at No.3.
A complete list of picks from rounds 1 & 2 is featured below. A more detailed draft analysis and grades will follow shortly.
Round 1
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
| 1. | Detroit Pistons | Cade Cunningham | Oklahoma State |
| 2. | Houston Rockets | Jalen Green | G League Ignite |
| 3. | Cleveland Cavaliers | Evan Mobley | USC |
| 4. | Toronto Raptors | Scottie Barnes | Florida State |
| 5. | Orlando Magic | Jalen Suggs | Gonzaga |
| 6. | Oklahoma City Thunder | Josh Giddey | Adelaide 36ers, NBL |
| 7. | Golden State Warriors (from Minnesota) | Jonathan Kuminga | G League Ignite |
| 8. | Orlando Magic (from Chicago) | Franz Wagner | Michigan |
| 9. | Sacramento Kings | Davion Mitchel | Baylor |
| 10. | Memphis Grizzlies (from New Orleans) | Ziaire Williams | Stanford |
| 11. | Charlotte Hornets | James Bouknight | UConn |
| 12. | San Antonio Spurs | Josh Primo | Alabama |
| 13. | Indiana Pacers | Chris Duarte | Oregon |
| 14. | Golden State Warriors | Moses Moody | Arkansas |
| 15. | Washington Wizards | Corey Kispert | Gonzaga |
| 16. | Houston Rockets (from OKC) | Alperen Sengün | Beşiktaş, Turkey |
| 17. | New Orleans Pelicans (from Memphis) | Trey Murphy | Virginia |
| 18. | Oklahoma City Thunder | Tre Mann | Florida |
| 19. | Charlotte Hornets (from New York) | Kai Jones | Texas |
| 20. | Atlanta Hawks | Jalen Johnson | Duke |
| 21. | LA Clippers (from New York) | Keon Johnson | Tennesee |
| 22. | Indiana Pacers (from Lakers, Wizards) | Isaiah Jackson | Kentucky |
| 23. | Houston Rockets | Usman Garuba | Real Madrid, Spain |
| 24. | Houston Rockets | Josh Christopher | Arizona State |
| 25. | New York Knicks (from Clippers) | Quentin Grimes | Houston |
| 26. | Denver Nuggets | Nah’Shon Lee Hyland | VCU |
| 27. | Brooklyn Nets | Cam Thomas | LSU |
| 28. | Philadelphia 76ers | Jaden Springer | Tennessee |
| 29. | Brooklyn Nets (from Phoenix) | Day’Ron Sharpe | North Carolina |
| 30. | Memphis Grizzlies (from Utah) | Santi Aldama | Loyola (Maryland) |
Round 2
| Pick | Team | Player | College |
| 31. | Washington Wizards (from Bucks, Pacers) | Isaiah Todd | G League Ignite |
| 32. | New York Knicks | Jeremiah Robinson Earl | Villanova |
| 33. | LA Clippers (from Orlando) | Jason Preston | Ohio |
| 34. | Oklahoma City Thunder | Rokas Jokubaitis | FC Barcelona/ Lithuania |
| 35. | New Orleans Pelicans | Herbert Jones | Alabama |
| 36. | Oklahoma City Thunder | Miles McBride | West Virginia |
| 37. | Charlotte Hornets (from Detroit) | JT Thor | Auburn |
| 38. | Chicago Bulls | Ayo Dosunmu | Illinois |
| 39. | Sacramento Kings | Neemias Queta | Utah State |
| 40. | Memphis Grizzlies (from New Orleans) | Jared Butler | Baylor |
| 41. | San Antonio Spurs | Joe Weskamp | Iowa |
| 42. | Detroit Pistons | Isaiah Livers | Michigan |
| 43. | New Orleans Pelicans | Greg Brown III | Texas |
| 44. | Brooklyn Nets | Kessler Edwards | Pepperdine |
| 45. | Boston Celtics | Juhann Begarin | Paris basketball |
| 46. | Toronto Raptors | Dalanao Banton | Nebraska |
| 47. | Toronto Raptors | David Johnson | Louisville |
| 48. | Atlanta Hawks | Sharife Cooper | Auburn |
| 49. | Brooklyn Nets | Marcus Zegarowski | Creighton |
| 50. | Philadelphia 76ers | Filip Petrusev | MegaBasket, Serbia |
| 51. | Memphis Grizzlies | Brandon Boston Jr. | Kentucky |
| 52. | Detroit Pistons | Luka Garza | Iowa |
| 53. | Philadelphia 76ers | Charles Bassey | Western Kentucky |
| 54. | Milwaukee Bucks (from Indiana) | Sandro Mamukelashvili | Seton Hall |
| 55. | Oklahoma City Thunder | Aaron Wiggins | Maryland |
| 56. | Charlotte Hornets | Balsa Koprivica | Florida State |
| 57. | Detroit Pistons (from Charlotte) | Scottie Lewis | Florida |
| 58. | New York Knicks | Balsa Koprivica | Texas |
| 59. | Brooklyn Nets | Raiquan Gray | Florida State |
| 60. | Milwaukee Bucks (from Indiana) | Georgios Kalaitzakis | Panathinaikos, Greece |
